UMKC Music/Media Library

05/25/2026

We’re closed for Memorial Day, Monday (5/25). We’ll be back open on Tuesday (5/26).

05/19/2026

The Trombone and Euphonium Festival is happening at UMKC. Here are some scores in honor of that.

Trombone songs / Jennifer Higdon M263.H54 T67 2024

Octet for trombones / Walter S. Harley M857.4.H27 O27 2011

Complete method for trombone & Euphonium /J.B. Arban, Josephy Alessi & Dr. Brian Bowman MT462.A643 2010

Canto XXII: for Solo Euphonium /Samuel Alder M110.B33 A333 2015

Prophecies: euphonium and piano / Barbara York M271.B37 Y67 2014

05/15/2026

Finals are over and that means we’re moving to May Intersession hours, starting Saturday May 16th. Have a good summer!

Saturday and Sunday Closed

Monday- Thursday: 9am-7p

Friday: 9am-6p

05/08/2026

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month, and we’re highlighting some scores from our New Books and Scores Shelve:

Remember for baritone voice, C trumpet, trombone, and bass clarinet by Chen Yi M1613.3.C466 R45 2025

Remember for F horn, C trumpet, trombone, and bass clarinet by Chen Yi M459.C52 R46 2025

Shi Jing Cantata for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra by Zhou Long M1613.Z55 S55 2025

Water, Wine, Brandy, Brine by Viet Cuong M485.C86 W27 2015

Give Me Back My Fingerprints by Du Yun M42.D82 G58 2019

05/01/2026

May 1st is National Space Day, and in honor of the fact that Artemis II has returned from a trip that took humans the farthest they’ve been from Earth, here are some space themed items from the Music/Media Library:

To the Moon: a NOVA production DVD TL789.8.U6 A5828 2000

Voyage to the Outer Planets and Beyond: NASA-JLP images from Voyager and historic space probes DVD QB671.V693 2002

Madrigals for the Space Age: for mixed chorus and narrator with piano accompaniment, text by Ray Bradbury M1554.S35 M33 1972

Journey into Space by Trevor Wishart CD 2007:361

The Space-Dragon of Galatar: an opera workshop project for schools: for voices, sound effects and piano by John Paynter; words by Paul Townsend. M1995.P39 S7 1972

04/22/2026

To celebrate Earth Day (4/22) we’ve selected these earth-themed pieces for you to explore.
Share with us your favorite earth themed piece.

Cloud Earth by Zhou Long, M647.Z468 C46 2012
Three Drum Quartets from Earth and the Great Weather by John Luther Adams M485.A33 E27 1993
Earth: Voices of a Planet by Paul Winter CD 2009:1153
A Robert Stone Fil: Earth Days GE105.E278 2010

04/15/2026

We’ve gathered these dolphin pieces to celebrate National Dolphin Day (4/14)!

Prelude, To a dolphin: 1986: opus 166: prelude 2 for chamber orchestra (sinfonietta) by Vagn Holmboe. (oversize) M1045.H635 T636 2003

The ocean: deep sea explorations on the piano by Hansi Alt; illustrations by Paula Brunner Abelow. M1380.A47 O34 1967

In sleep, in thunder: six poems of Robert Lowell for tenor and 14 instrumentalists by Elliott Carter. M1613.3.C2485 I5 1984

The dolphin by The Stan Getz Quartet. CD 2004:1142

The beautiful sea: songs of sun, sand & sea by Jackie & Roy. CD 2007:560

04/09/2026

We have his book that you can check out!

Teaching piano pedagogy : a guidebook for training effective teachers / Courtney Crappell. MT1 .C817 2019

Congratulations To Courtney Crappell Dean of the UMKC Conservatory. His Book was honored with MTNA-Frances Clark Keyboard Pedagogy Award at the 2026 MTNA National Conference, held March 21–25, in Chicago, Illinois

04/02/2026

Did you know UMKC Conservatory used to have an accordion program?

Joan C. Sommers established the program in 1961 and taught it for forty years, and directs the UMKC Community Accordion Ensemble, most of whom are alumni of UMKC.

UMKC Music/Media Library still has a selection of accordion scores that can be checked out.

Fantasy for flute and accordion / by Wolfgang Jacobi; free bassetti edition M298.J23 1978

Slow motion: for accordion /Toshio Hosokawa M175.A4 H674 2005

Two Pieces for two accordions / Gerald kemner M1362.K45 P52 1976

03/20/2026

Our hours change for spring break starting Saturday (3/21). Semester hours will resume on Sunday (3/29)

Saturday (3/21) Closed

Sunday (3/22) Closed

Monday (3/23) 9am-7pm

Tuesday (3/24) 9am-7pm

Wednesday (3/25) 9am-7pm

Thursday (3/26) 9am-7pm

Friday (3/27) 9am-6pm

Saturday (3/28) Closed